Sotto dieci bandiere (1960)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Duilio Coletti

Writers (WGA):

Bernhard Rogge (diaries)
Vittoriano Petrilli (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

15 September 1960 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | War

Tagline:

Sensational 665-Day Pursuit of the Killer-Ship Atlantis!

Plot Keywords:

British | Sinking | Battle | German | Sea

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Van Heflin	...	Captain Bernhard Rogge
Charles Laughton	...	Admiral Russell
Mylène Demongeot	...	Zizi
John Ericson	...	Krüger
Cecil Parker	...	Col. Howard
Folco Lulli	...	Paco
Alex Nicol	...	Knoche
Liam Redmond	...	Windsor
Eleonora Rossi Drago	...	Elsa
John Lee
Ralph Truman	...	Adm. Benson
Grégoire Aslan	...	Master of Abdullah
Peter Carsten	...	Lt. Mohr
Helmut Schmid
Gian Maria Volontè	...	Samuel Braunstein (as Gianmaria Volontè)
Dieter Eppler	...	Dr. Hartmann
Edith Peters	...	Suora (as Edith Arlene Peters)
Corrado Pani	...	Marinaio tedesco
Geronimo Meynier	...	Marinaio tedesco
Walter Barnes
Moira Orfei	...	Naufraga
Gérard Herter	...	Cap. del Sommergibile
Umberto Spadaro	...	Telegrafista
Brendan Fitzgerald
Booth Colman
Philo Hauser	...	Clown
Joachim Luther
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Graeme Bruce	...	(uncredited)
Guido Celano	...	(uncredited)
Giorgio Cerioni	...	(uncredited)
Alain Dijon	...	(uncredited)
James Dobson	...	(uncredited)
Charles Nolte	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Duilio Coletti

Writing credits (WGA)
Bernhard Rogge		(diaries)
Vittoriano Petrilli		(screenplay) and
Duilio Coletti		(screenplay) and
Ulrich Möhr		(screenplay) and
Leonardo Bercovici		(screenplay) originally uncredited
William Douglas-Home		(additional dialogue)

Produced by
Dino De Laurentiis	....	producer
Ralph B. Serpe	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Nino Rota

Cinematography by
Aldo Tonti

Film Editing by
Jerry Webb
Renzo Lucidi		(uncredited)

Art Direction by
Mario Garbuglia

Costume Design by
Piero Gherardi

Makeup Department
Giuliano Laurenti	....	makeup artist
Goffredo Rocchetti	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Alfredo De Laurentiis	....	production manager
Giorgio Morra	....	production supervisor
Evaristo Signorini	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Carbonari	....	assistant director (as Davide Carbonari)
Mario Maffei	....	assistant director

Art Department
Mario Giovannini	....	assistant production designer
Giorgio Hermann	....	assistant set decorator
Aldo Puccini	....	construction coordinator

Sound Department
Piero Cavazzuti	....	sound engineer
Renzo Lucidi	....	sound editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Riccardo Pallottini	....	camera operator

Editorial Department
Anna Gruber	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Franco Ferrara	....	conductor

Other crew
Alfredo De Laurentiis	....	production assistant
Manuel del Campo	....	dialogue supervisor
Ulrich Mohr	....	military and historical advisor
Silvio Narizzano	....	associate director

Production Companies

• Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica
• Paramount Pictures

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1960) (USA) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1967) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• UFA-Filmverleih GmbH (1960) (West Germany) (theatrical)

Also Known As:

Under Ten Flags (USA)

Runtime:

USA:92 min | UK:110 min

Country:

Italy | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

West Germany:12 (f) | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15

Company:

Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica

Trivia:

The ship, Abdullah, that caused so much consternation to the Atlantis is the fictional name for the British ship, Kemmendine.

It's like "The Enemy Below", but without the sub.

Sadly, this movie has not been commercially available for many years. It is story about a rarely mentioned weapon of WWII, the German Surface Raider. They were ordinary merchant ships lined with amour plating and medium-sized navel guns. Unlike the famous U-boats which could hide beneath the sea, Surface Raiders relied on disguise to blend in with normal shipping traffic until they could find a lone ship they could surprise and sink.

This is the story of the hunt to find and destroy the best of them, the ship Atlantis. It is a story of bravery and ingenuity on both sides as the British Admiralty is caught up in a vast game of hide-n-seek with a clever adversary.

I choose to write this review largely because I have, over the years read a few rather poor opinions expressed about it. I can't wait for it to reappear somewhere, someday. My only explanation as to why someone who is a fan of naval war films would not thoroughly enjoy this one is the fact that the last three times I saw it over fifteen years ago the reels of the movie were in the wrong order! (I swear). That dampens the suspense considerably and gives it a very muddled, confused look. But even mixed up it beats a lot of movies I've seen.